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H. 3624

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Sponsors: Reps. Herbkersman, Cotty, Bannister, Breeland, Crawford, Duncan, Edge, Harrison, Hinson, Huggins, Jennings, Scott, G.M. Smith, Miller, Battle and Perry
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20143sd07.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 432, 3218

Introduced in the House on March 1, 2007
Introduced in the Senate on April 19, 2007
Last Amended on April 18, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Beverages

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/1/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-15
    3/1/2007  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-15
    3/7/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Miller, Battle
    3/8/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Perry
   4/11/2007  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-3
   4/12/2007  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Mulvaney, Shoopman, Leach, 
                        Crawford, Hinson, Bedingfield, Young, and Duncan HJ-18
   4/18/2007  House   Amended HJ-109
   4/18/2007  House   Read second time HJ-111
   4/18/2007  House   Roll call Yeas-76  Nays-21 HJ-111
   4/19/2007  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-58
   4/19/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-10
   4/19/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-10
   4/19/2007  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Gregory (ch), Elliott, 
                        Anderson, Ritchie, Cleary

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/1/2007
4/11/2007
4/18/2007

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AMENDED

April 18, 2007

H. 3624

Introduced by Reps. Herbkersman, Cotty, Bannister, Breeland, Crawford, Duncan, Edge, Harrison, Hinson, Huggins, Jennings, Scott, G.M. Smith, Miller, Battle and Perry

S. Printed 4/18/07--H.

Read the first time March 1, 2007.

TO AMEND SECTION 61-4-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF BEERS, ALES, PORTERS, AND WINES THAT ARE CONSIDERED NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PERCENT OF ALCOHOL BY WEIGHT IN BEERS, ALES, PORTERS, AND SIMILAR MALT BEVERAGES THAT ARE CONSIDERED NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.        Section 61-4-10 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 415 of 1996, is further amended to read:

"Section 61-4-10.    All beers, ales, porter, and other similar malt or fermented beverages containing not in excess of five percent of alcohol by weight and all wines containing not in excess of twenty-one percent of alcohol by volume The following are declared to be nonalcoholic and nonintoxicating beverages:

(1)    all beers, ales, porters, and other similar malt or fermented beverages containing not in excess of five percent of alcohol by weight;

(2)    all beers, ales, porters, and other similar malt of fermented beverages containing more than five percent but less than fourteen percent of alcohol by weight that are manufactured, distributed, or sold in containers of ten ounces or more or the metric equivalent; and

(3)    all wines containing not in excess of twenty-one percent of alcohol by volume."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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